Article carrier



July 18, 1933. ONOS 1,918,486

ARTI OLE CARRIER Filed Feb. 9, 1932 X gmm;

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Patented July 18, 1933 UNITED STATES ABRAHAM ones. or 'mwrnoamc, naw amARTICLE caaama. V Application and February a, 1m. semi Io. 591,913.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in articlecarryin devices, and while the invention is hereini lustrated as adevice for supporting and car?- ing milk bottles, it is to be understoodthat t e invention is applicable to other articles as well as milkbottles. v

It is one of the objects of the invention to provide a new and novelmeans by which one or more milk bottles may be manipulated in thedelivery of milk without necessitating the touching of the bottles b thehand of the person delivering the milk.

It is a further ob ect of theinventionto provide a new and novelstructure bymeans of which the bottles will be firmly gripped and heldwithout danger of dropping or damage to the bottles from other causes.

It is a further object of the invention so to construct and arrange thedevice that the same may be easily and readil attached to and detachedwith be carried thereby.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the nature of theinvention is better understood, and for the purpose of which referencewill be had to the accompanying drawin ,in which igure 1 is a view inend elevation showin the device in the act of grippingthe neck 0 a milkbottle,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view on an enlarged scale showing alurality of milk bottles carried by the mem r,

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view,

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 2,and

Figure 5 is a view in end elevation showing a milk bottle firmly held bythe device.

In the present embodiment of the inventhe device comprises two articlegripping or clamping jaws 10. These jaws .are provided with curvedportions 11 which more {1): less conform to the shape of the article toas ter A esignates two toggle members and these toggle members arerigidly connected as at 12 to the jaws 10; The toggle members eachcomprise two crossed'levers 13 which are pivotally connected togetherintermedilever in the opposite respect to t e articles to d thereby. Thereference characfi s'erted. overthe milk bottle leased. When the-rod :26is released, the 100 at 14. Pivotally connected of the levers 13 of eachtogle mem r A are a pair oflinks '17, which inks are pivotally connectedtogether as at 18. The pivotal ,connection between the designated 19 atetheir ends as to the up r ends links 17 and the levers 13 is andconnecting these pivotal connections, there is a tension spring 20 whichtends to rock the levers 13 about their pivotal points 14 in order tocause the jaws 10 to normally engage the articles to be gripped thereby.

The toggle members A are spaced with respect to each other and areconnected by means of a handle or the like 25 the ends of which form theivotal connections 18 between the links 1?. Carried by each of thelevers 13 and connected to the corresponding to gle member A, there is arod' 26. These r s 26 are spaced with respect to each other andalsovwith respect to 79 ates a pro tecting shield which is preferab ycurved in 1 cross sectional form as best illustrated in Figures 1, 4 and5. This shield consists of a body portion which is long enough to extenfrom one of the toggle members A to the 80 other toggle member, andwhich is wide enough to extend beyond the edges of the artic es carried,as best illustrated in F i re 4. ThlS member is secured to corresponlevers 13 of the toggle members A as by rivets or the like 33, ut otherfastening means may be employed if desired.

I he device operates in the following mana ner. The sprin s 20 tend topull themembers of the togg es together and thus maintain the grippingjaws 10 normally in ipping position. 0 grip a plurality 0 articles suchfor exam. operator grasps the ngersencircles one of the rods 26.Pressure applied will-spreadythe toggle members A and cause the grippingjaws '10 to open. After this has been done, the deviceis inand the rod26rele'as milk bottles, the andle 25 and with his spring 20 serves to pullthe toggle members I claim as new and desire to secure by Letterstogether and cause the gripping Jaws 10 to Patent is firml gri thebottle. f now the device he 1. A device of the character describedcomlifte by the handle 25, the wei ht of the arprising a pair of articlegrippin 'aws, a pair 5 ticles will also cause the togg es to operate ofspaced tog le members carrie ythejaws, in such a manner as to cause afirm grip of a handle mem r carried by the to le memthe gripping jaws 10around the articles to bore, and an article rotecting shie carried becarried b the devlce. by the toggle mem rs and inte osed be- From theoregoing it Wlll be apparent that tween the article gripping jaws an thehan- 10 the present invention provides new and 1mdle.

roved device for gripping and transport- 2. Adevice of the characterdescribed commg one or more articles without necessitatprising a pair ofarticle gripping jaws, a ing the grasping of the articles by the rsonpair of spaced toggle members carried by carrying the same, thusprovidin a ighly the jaws, a handle member carried by the sanitary andeflicient device for t e purpose to gle members, and an articleprotecting an intended. shleldcarried by the toggle members and in-While the invention has been herein illuster osed between the articlegripping jaws trated in what may .be termed a referred an the handle,said article protecting shield form, it is to be understood that t einvenextending throughout the space between the tion is not to belimited to the specific contoggle members, and of sufiicient width to 86structions herein shown, but that it may be cover the article grippingjaws when in opercarried out in other forms without departativeposition.

in. from the spirit thereof. ABRAHAM ONOS. aving thus described theinvention, what so I as v

